Retribution Paladin

Mirrors the current rank-1 Sinister Single parse — every slot is what the best Retribution Paladin actually wears.

Midnight Season 2 · Herald of the Sun · updated 2026-08-05

Simulated DPS on the best-in-slot profile below, five-minute patchwerk. Compare every spec →

How it plays

• You press Crusading Strikes more than anything else — about 37 times a minute — but the damage lands on Final Verdict, which is 20% of the total.

Measured on the reference parse below, not a description of the spec — so it changes when the tuning does.

Stat priority

Critical Strike > Mastery > Haste > Versatility

These are not weights pulled from a spreadsheet — they are the live ratings on the reference character this build is taken from, so the order reflects what the best-performing Retribution Paladin is actually stacking right now.

Source: Notaish — the log. Rank 1 Retribution Paladin on Sinister Single (Dummy Dome), avg ilvl 336.

Talent build

Laid out exactly as the in-game talent UI draws it, hero tree Herald of the Sun. Lit nodes and gold lines are the path this build takes; everything dimmed was passed over. Hover any node for what it does.

Rotation

Spend at five Holy Power, and never overcap. Templar's Verdict on one target, Divine Storm on several, and Hammer of Light the moment it is available.

Openers

Single target

1. Judgment into the pull.
2. Execution Sentence, then Avenging Wrath.
3. Wake of Ashes inside the window.
4. Hammer of Light, then the normal priority.

Where the damage comes from

Measured on the reference log — a 300-second single-target parse. Worth comparing against the rotation above: the button you press most is rarely the one doing the most.

Source: Sinister Single, 300s.

Best in slot

The finished loadout, built by Pathfinder — the strongest item available for every slot, with the item level to chase and where it drops. 335 average item level across 15 slots, gathered from 2 places.

Warhelm of the Consecrated Flame 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Twin Fangs ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Aqirbane Reliquary 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Pauldrons of the Consecrated Flame 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Adherent's Silken Shroud 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Tailoring

Bulwark of the Consecrated Flame 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Shellbound Bracers 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers

Maze-roa, Warlord's Fury 334 · Myth 6/6 · Two-handed The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Retribution Paladin 335 average item level

Gauntlets of the Consecrated Flame 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Spellbreaker's Girdle 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Blacksmithing

Chausses of Unbound Rancor 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

Scaled Fiend's Warboots 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Masterful Garnet

Apex Brute's Claw Ring 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Masterful Garnet

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek 344 · Myth 9/6 (Mythic end-boss drop) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique 344 · Myth 9/6 (Mythic end-boss drop) The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar

Where to spend bonus rolls as Retribution Paladin

A Voidcore pays out an item every time — the question is only whether it is one you wanted. For this build, in order:

Roll Ula'tek — 3 of its 4 drops are on your list

75% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you neck, legs and trinket 1.

Then Vashnik the Malignant — 3 of its 4 drops are on your list

75% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you chest, feet and ring 1.

The general principles behind this — knockout protection, why finishing one boss beats spreading rolls, and the crests a roll quietly costs you — are in the bonus roll guide.

Week-by-week route

1. Pre-season: the campaign, a world tour of Mythic 0s for a 292 loadout, and the weekly Spark quest. No Myth crests exist yet — bank the Spark.
2. Week 1: farm +10 keys to a full Hero 3/6 (311) loadout and fill the vault. The first Myth crests arrive, so spend the banked Spark on Adherent's Silken Shroud. Every Hero crest goes into lifting pieces toward 6/6 (321).
3. Week 2: first Voidcore — roll Ula'tek, where 3 of 4 drops are on this list. Catalyse the set slots for the 4-set. Second Spark goes to Spellbreaker's Girdle.
4. Weeks 3–6: one Voidcore a week down the order above — finish a boss before starting the next. Keep spending Hero crests; every slot should sit at 321 by about Week 6.
5. Week 7 onward: two Voidcores a week (the vault and Orin Straylight). Roll Myth-track bases in the set slots, re-catalyse them, and take each to 6/6 for 80 Myth and 20 Hero crests.
6. Late season: Voracious Heart of Ula'tek and Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique come from the last two bosses at Myth 9 (344). Secure the base items early — that is the only place the extra three ranks exist.

The fast variant

There isn't one for Retribution Paladin. Slate builds its list around the quickest route and Pathfinder around raw power, and for this spec they reach for the same 15 items — so there is no trade to make between finishing sooner and hitting harder. Chase the list above.